Clyde

Malta \ Member since August 2017

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I love travelling to experience different cultures and new places. Apart from the well-known iconic places and landmarks, I love visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the list also includes places that are quite off the beaten track or places I would have never visited or even read about.

My favourite WHS are a combination of cultural WHS and spectacular nature WHS. I'm not a fan of industrial WHS or modern architecture WHS but I'm always open to visit to learn something new. Since the last few years I try to cover as many top WHS as possible on the longer trips while I try to cover the remaining European WHS on shorter trips or as road trips.

 

My most impressive site: Rapa Nui, Florence, Venice, Borobodur, Komodo NP, Skellig Michael, Angkor Wat, Pyramids of Giza, Taj Mahal, Petra, Great Wall, Rome, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Tasmanian Wilderness, Galapagos, Machu Picchu, Nemrut Dagi, Goreme NP, Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves, Rock Islands

My proposal for a new site: Drift Passes of Rangiroa

Recent Visits
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    Talayotic Menorca
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    Serra de Tramuntana
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    Fortress of Suomenlinna
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About Clyde

Member since
August 2017
Country of Origin
Malta
Visits
Rank
#31
WHS
654
Tentative Sites
231
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Reviews
786
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Reviews by Clyde

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Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum by Clyde

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum (On tentative list)

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum

I visited this tentative WHS in June 2017. Ideally it would be included as an extension to Bukhara and not as a separate WHS. That way it would stand more …

Minaret in Vobkent by Clyde

Minaret in Vobkent (On tentative list)

Minaret in Vobkent

I visited this tentative WHS in June 2017. I combined this visit with a visit to Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace which is on the way to Vobkent and worth visiting if …

Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenistan by Clyde

Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenis… (On tentative list)

Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenistan

I visited the silk road site of Anau in June 2017. Being relatively close to Ashgabat (around 8km) I made an extra effort to visit the remains of the Seyitdzhemaliddin …

Nisa by Clyde

Nisa (Inscribed)

Nisa

I visited this WHS in June 2017. Having read the previous reviews I didn't have high expectations. I agree that a visit to the National Museum in Ashgabat is essential …

Ancient Merv by Clyde

Ancient Merv (Inscribed)

Ancient Merv

I visited this WHS in June 2017. The inscribed areas include vast stretches of semi desert land stretching from a few kilometres away from modern Mary (the Archaelogical Site of …

Kunya-Urgench by Clyde

Kunya-Urgench (Inscribed)

Kunya-Urgench

I visited this WHS in June 2017. Even though the area is quite big, it is not comparable to Ancient Merv. The different sites are a good example of how …

Silk Roads: Fergana-Syrdarya Corridor by Clyde

Silk Roads: Fergana-Syrdarya … (Nominated)

Silk Roads: Fergana-Syrdarya Corridor

I visited this tentative WHS in June 2017. It is a very convenient stop between Shymkent and the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum. Most of the locals skip this site and …

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi by Clyde

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasa… (Inscribed)

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

I visited this WHS in June 2017. This site is the main reason I included Kazakhstan on my Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan trip and I'm glad I spent 2 nights in Turkestan as …

Saryarka by Clyde

Saryarka (Inscribed)

Saryarka

I visited this WHS in June 2017. From Astana, we drove for around 2 hours (130km) to the "Bird Paradise" Visitor Centre in Korgalzhyn. The impressive flat steppe view will …

Capital Fortifications of Hanyang by Clyde

Capital Fortifications of Han… (Nominated)

Capital Fortifications of Hanyang

I visited this tentative WHS in April/May 2017. On different days, I walked different stretches of the Seoul City Wall.

Most of the city wall is reconstructed and in a …

Jongmyo Shrine by Clyde

Jongmyo Shrine (Inscribed)

Jongmyo Shrine

I visited this WHS in May 2017 using the combination ticket to 4 Palaces and this shrine. Unlike most sites in South Korea, it is closed on Tuesdays. Having done …

Hwaseong Fortress by Clyde

Hwaseong Fortress (Inscribed)

Hwaseong Fortress

I visited this WHS in May 2017. It is definitely one of the best day trips from Seoul and one of the most impressive fortresses in South Korea, not only …

Jeju by Clyde

Jeju (Inscribed)

Jeju

I visited this WHS in April 2017. I visited all 3 locations over 4 days, namely the Manjanggul Lava Tube from the Geomunoreum Lava Tube System, Mt Hallasan and Seongsan …

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats by Clyde

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Inscribed)

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats

I visited this tentative WHS in April 2017 after a 2.5hr drive from Busan. I visited the Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve which is also recognised as a Ramsar Wetland of …

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries by Clyde

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Mona… (Inscribed)

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries

I visited this WHS in April 2017. I visited the Seonamsa Mountain Temple which is located in the Joyesan Provincial Park a few kilometres away from Suncheon.

This mountain temple …

Haeinsa Temple by Clyde

Haeinsa Temple (Inscribed)

Haeinsa Temple

I visited this WHS in April 2017 while following a 2 day 1 night regular program templestay. I enjoyed getting a general overview of meditation and different insights from a …

Gyeongju by Clyde

Gyeongju (Inscribed)

Gyeongju

I visited this WHS in April 2017. I visited all the different locations spread out around Gyeongju over 2 half days which yielded no tangible appreciation from the sites themselves …

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple by Clyde

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa… (Inscribed)

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

I visited this WHS in April 2017. Overall, I have mixed feelings on this WHS. I think that the Seokguram Grotto alone surely possesses OUV and is perhaps one of …

Hahoe and Yangdong by Clyde

Hahoe and Yangdong (Inscribed)

Hahoe and Yangdong

I visited this WHS in April 2017. In Seoul I caught the Line 2 subway to Kangbyun Station. From Exit 3, I headed to the East Seoul Bus Terminal and …

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies by Clyde

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academi… (Inscribed)

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies

I visited 3 seowons in Andong in April 2017, namely Hwacheon Seowon, Dosan Seowon (already reviewed) and Byeongsan Seowon. The latter is strangely included in the core zone of the …

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